Senior Applied AI Engineer [NYC or SF]

About the role

Leading an AI deployment for a major healthcare customer, from first conversation to production
Turning an ambiguous customer need into a clear technical plan with owners and timelines
Making the calls on tradeoffs: what to build now, what to reuse, and what to push back on
Working directly with customers to keep scope, timelines, and quality honest

Responsibilities

• Leading an AI deployment for a major healthcare customer, from first conversation to production
• Turning an ambiguous customer need into a clear technical plan with owners and timelines
• Making the calls on tradeoffs: what to build now, what to reuse, and what to push back on
• Working directly with customers to keep scope, timelines, and quality honest

Requirements

• You've broken hard, ambiguous problems into work other engineers could own and deliver
• You have real experience with LLMs and agent systems, or the depth to get there fast
• You have the judgment to make tradeoffs and the standing to say no when something doesn't hold up
• You lead well, whether through architecture, through people, or both
• You're low ego, direct, and hold yourself and your team to a high bar
• You can work on site in New York City or San Francisco

Qualifications

• Nice to have: Experience in a regulated or high-reliability domain (healthcare, finance, legal)
• Nice to have: Experience shipping production AI or ML systems
• Nice to have: Background in customer-facing or forward-deployed engineering

Skills

• Breaking hard, ambiguous problems into work other engineers could own and deliver
• Real experience with LLMs and agent systems, or the depth to get there fast
• The judgment to make tradeoffs and the standing to say no when something doesn't hold up
• The ability to lead well, whether through architecture, through people, or both
• A low ego, direct approach, and the ability to hold oneself and one's team to a high bar
• The ability to work on site in New York City or San Francisco

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Daily catered lunch and dinner
• Mental health support and wellness coaching
• Flexible wellness stipend for fitness, therapy, or personal growth
• Annual learning budget for courses, books, or conferences
• Conference attendance budget for professional development
• Annual team offsite
• Academic collaboration opportunities
• Unlimited PTO

Pay

$200K - $260K

Schedule

Full-time